Week of 26 Oct · 20 ideas · Updated every Monday

20 LinkedIn post ideas for sales professionals, this week.

Ideas from real deals, calls and quarters, none of them a pitch. Each one has an opening that works, or let Wiri write the whole post in your voice.

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02Lesson

My first meeting with a CEO

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Before my first meeting with a CEO, I bought a new suit and rehearsed for two days. She stopped me four minutes in. “Skip the slides. What do you think we’re getting wrong?”
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Why it works: A quote that flips the rep’s plan is memorable and teaches how executives buy.

03Opinion

Most forecasts are hope

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Every rep on my old team called their deals 70% likely by week two. I did too. A forecast nobody is allowed to lower isn’t a forecast. It’s hope in a spreadsheet.
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Why it works: Honest about a culture problem most sales teams share, and quotable.

04Numbers

Why my deals take a month longer now

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In 2022 my average deal closed in 41 days. This year it’s 73 days for the same size of deal. I looked into where the extra month goes.
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Why it works: Longer cycles worry every rep. Seeing where the time goes helps them plan.

05Behind the scenes

Coaching a new rep after her first call

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Last Tuesday a new rep on our team ran her first discovery call. I sat in and said nothing. Afterwards I gave her one piece of feedback, not ten. This is the one I picked.
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Why it works: Shows how you coach, and readers want to know which one thing mattered most.

06Question

The sales book that changed how you sell

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I’ve read about 40 sales books. Two changed how I sell. Which book changed something you actually do on calls, not just how you talk about selling?
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Why it works: Book threads get long comment chains and saves from newer reps.

07Story

The cold call that started all wrong

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I cold-called a VP and opened with the wrong company name. She laughed, corrected me, and gave me eleven minutes. That call taught me more than my sales training did.
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Why it works: An embarrassing slip that turned out well is human and easy to read to the end.

08Lesson

The discount nobody asked for

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I offered a 20% discount before the buyer even asked for one. She took it, then asked for another 10% at signing. I’d taught her how to negotiate with me.
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Why it works: A mistake most reps make once, explained in two lines.

09Opinion

Quarter-end pressure makes bad deals

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The worst deal I ever closed came in on the last day of the quarter. It hit my number. It also churned in five months and cost my company more than it brought in.
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Why it works: It says out loud what many reps and managers know about end-of-quarter deals.

10Numbers

Where my revenue actually came from

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I sorted every deal I closed last year by where it came from. Referrals were 12% of my pipeline and 38% of my revenue.
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Why it works: A simple analysis any rep can run on their own CRM tonight.

11Behind the scenes

How I prep for a discovery call

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I spend 20 minutes before every discovery call. Not on their website. On their job posts. They tell you what’s broken faster than anything else.
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Why it works: A specific prep habit people can steal for their next call.

12Question

The objection that still catches you out

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I’ve been in sales nine years and one objection still catches me out. “We’re going to build this ourselves.” What do you say when you hear it?
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Why it works: Admitting a weak spot invites experienced reps to share what works.

13Story

The customer who kept sending referrals

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A customer I sold to in 2023 has sent me three referrals since. I asked her why last week. Her answer had nothing to do with the product.
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Why it works: Readers want the reason, and it teaches something without selling anything.

14Lesson

Missing quota for the first time

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In Q2 I hit 62% of quota. The first time I’d missed in four years. I spent a week blaming the market. Then I went back through my calendar.
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Why it works: A missed number, owned honestly, earns more respect than a President’s Club photo.

15Opinion

Demos come too early

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Most buyers ask for a demo on the first call. I almost always say not yet. Not to be difficult. A demo before I understand the problem is a feature tour nobody remembers.
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Why it works: A clear stance on a daily sales moment that reps and buyers both have views on.

16Numbers

How many touches a deal really takes

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I counted every email, call and meeting on my last 25 closed deals. The average was 17 touches. The fastest deal took four, and I know why.
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Why it works: Real counts from real deals, and a hint at the outlier, pull people to “…more”.

17Behind the scenes

My Friday half hour in the CRM

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Every Friday at 4 PM I clean my CRM for 30 minutes. It’s the most boring half hour of my week, and it’s the reason my forecast is usually right.
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Why it works: An unglamorous habit with a clear payoff is practical and easy to save.

18Question

Ask buyers what makes them trust a rep

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Buyers, this one is for you. What’s one thing a salesperson did that made you trust them? My team and I will read every answer.
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Why it works: Turning the question to buyers brings in people outside sales.

19Story

The deal that took 26 months

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The biggest deal of my career took 26 months to close. The champion who started it left the company in month nine. This is how it survived.
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Why it works: A long deal with a crisis in the middle reads like a story people want to finish.

20Lesson

Giving the price in the first five minutes

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A buyer asked for our price in the first five minutes. I dodged it for 20. She ended the call early. Now I give a range straight away, and this is what changed.
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Why it works: Dodging price is a habit buyers hate. The fix is simple and easy to copy.

KA note from KaustubhFounder, Wiral.Social

Why these ideas work

Most sales professionals are scared of one thing on LinkedIn: sounding like a pitch. So they post nothing, or they post a product screenshot and wonder why nobody replies.

Buyers don’t follow reps for product news. They follow the ones who are honest about how buying and selling really work.

Every idea here comes from the job itself: the deal that died in the last meeting, the objection you still fumble, the quarter you missed. None of them mentions what you sell. That’s on purpose.

How to use them

Pick an idea that reminds you of a real call or a real deal from the last few months. Change names if you need to. Never change what happened.

Write it for the people you sell to, not for your sales manager. If a buyer would nod along, it’s a good post.

Tip: Never end with a link to book a demo. Do it once and every post after that reads like an ad.

New ideas go up every Monday morning. Bookmark the page so it’s ready before your first call of the week.

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What should sales professionals post on LinkedIn?

Post what you learn from real deals: a question that worked on a call, an objection you handled badly, what a buyer told you after you lost. Buyers trust reps who teach, not reps who pitch.

How do I post on LinkedIn without it sounding like a sales pitch?

Leave your product out of most posts. Talk about the buyer’s problem and what you’ve seen work. If the post would still make sense at another company, it isn’t a pitch.

Are these sales post ideas free to use?

Yes. Use any idea on this page, as often as you like, with no sign-up. A free account lets Wiri turn it into a post in your voice.

Can Wiri write a sales post for me?

Yes. Pick an idea, tell Wiri what really happened on the call or in the deal, and you get three posts in your voice to choose from.

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